Archive for the ‘Security’ Category

My Yahoo has disappeared keeps saying error in connection most likely cause Firewall ?

Posted on September 21st, 2008 in Security

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Answer: r u working at home or office. are you aware if ur office has blocked it.
if u r at home, then check the windows firewall settinsg and also if ur Antivirus has […]

Do you click on ALL the boxes in ccleaner for annalyzing and running …?

Posted on September 21st, 2008 in Security

under:
Windows …
World wide web Explorer
Windows Explorer
System
Advanced
Applications …
Applications
World wide web
Multimedia
Utilities
Windows
… trying it later on, but don't want to delete anything apart from rubbish (always a tiny nervous when trying things new).
Thanks to you all for your help.
Answer: Generally, it is safe to run CCleaner and I have never encountered any serious problems. Just make sure any […]

Guest accounts on the pc.?

Posted on September 21st, 2008 in Security

My husband and I share a laptop. He’s the administrator, but I know his password. Would it be possible for him to set up a guest account, look at a load of stuff he didnt want me to know about, and then delete the account. And then do the same again at any other time. […]

Anti virus downloads,are they a racket?

Posted on September 21st, 2008 in Security

I believe they are a scam run by the massive American corporations whose only interest is getting you bank account details and then getting on to your computer like MS Anti virus to effectively disable your pc.Ive tried 3 of the so called free downloads and eff all has happened and when Ive tried to […]

Is this the ideal hoster on the market http://need-host.duoservers.co…

Posted on September 21st, 2008 in Security

http://need-host.duoservers.com
Answer: That’s a difficult question to answer. I personally use 1and1.com and have been very happy with them but to know what the “best host” is you have to think about what you want to accomplish…
Do you want to:
1) Save Money
2) use preset web templates
3) setup an on the web store
4) have a high level […]

Sky Broadband McAfee Anti Virus question?

Posted on September 21st, 2008 in Security

How long does it normally take to download it, my pc seems to be taking forever…. it keeps saying we're almost there!!! but we never are?
Also would windows defender stop it going on?
Answer: NO, wondows defender won’t stop any anti-virus that you are installing. In that kin of situation reboot your pc and try […]

Ms Anti virus advert,how do I rid pc/?

Posted on September 21st, 2008 in Security

this is a fraud got into my pc and is very hard to get rid of is there a easy way/
Answer: The following 3 programs have high success rates in removing this parasite:
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware:
http://www.download.com/Malwarebytes-Ant…
Download, install, update and choose Full Scan.
Remove all infections that it finds after scan.
Spyware Physician Free Basic Edition - Realtime monitoring:
http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_inst…
Its free […]

Has anyone the generic eMail address for ZoneAlarm?

Posted on September 21st, 2008 in Security

I have just been on Gibson Reasearch's page, and the do a Firewall Leak test. My ZoneAlarm Failed.
http://www.grc.com/lt/leaktest.htm
Answer: Overview - Product info - Support and Update Information:
For Technical Support click here [it says]…
On the bottom right of the internet page displayed, is a link for the Support Center (Contact Us)….
However…
Program Control - Main - Program […]

Why did i get this spyware?

Posted on September 21st, 2008 in Security

I’ve a major problem with my Personal computer yesterday, but it's all sorted now.
However, two things alarmed me:
1) The spyware only 'showed' itself, came to life (whatever you want to call it) when i went onto apple.com. Before that everything was fine.
2) I mentioned i had recently downloaded some browsers (for testing web-pages) and that […]

Is the free version of AVG anti-virus software any good?

Posted on September 21st, 2008 in Security

I've used several different anti-virus software programs over the years, starting with an early copy of the Norton anti-virus program that came in a zip-lock baggy! It's surprising all the problems that I've had with different anti-virus programs. Some have been resource hogs, others have cause unexplained problems that disappear after the software is uninstalled, […]